Comment & Opinion

Other Voices: Truth from Dr. Bazzoui
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 02, 2026
How many people know that our own Dr. Widad Bazzoui of Bradford wrote a very important book, "The Man from Baghdad," that all children and adults shou...
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Waste of the Day: HUD funds had little impact
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 02, 2026
The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $460 billion funding its 18 largest affordable housing and homelessness programs over a decade, ...
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In 2nd-degree murder cases, punishment should fit the crime
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SCOTT MARTIN RealClearPennsylvania 
Sep 02, 2026
Simple common sense tells us that violent, dangerous criminals who present a serious threat to our communities belong behind bars. It’s a shame common...
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9/11 stories still resonate
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Sep 02, 2026
The images were horrifying. Shock spread like an oppressive cloud that stretched across the country — the world. And those who lived through it will n...
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Waste of the Day: Chips are down in Ohio
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 01, 2026
Federal money meant to help Ohio manufacturers was spent on ghostwritten articles, golf outings, poker chips, T-shirts and a celebrity who was paid al...
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Target Iran’s supply lines without widening the war
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By COLTON OVERCASH RealClearPolitics 
Sep 01, 2026
The United States can destroy Iranian launchers, warehouses and weapons factories and still fail strategically if Tehran can continue replacing what i...
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What ‘affordability’ really means to working-class voters
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOAN C. WILLIAMS and JARED ABBOTT Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 01, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — Democrats’ obsession with “affordability” is right on target, given that American workers’ share of GDP is near the lowest ever ...
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Waste of the Day: Audits flag UConn payments
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 31, 2026
In the last 11 years, the University of Connecticut Health Center has spent more than $690,000 on payments to employees for unused paid time off that ...
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America is becoming a Peter Pan nation
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Aug 31, 2026
I passed some of my happiest days living under communism. I had no job, but all my needs — food, shelter, clothing, education, you name it — were prov...
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The fortunes of W.Pa. and its Ohio peers may be reversing
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Aug 28, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “I’m sick and tired of losing to friggin’ Ohio!” Thus exclaimed Gov. Josh Shapiro during his 2024 budget address, repeating a refra...
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Combating a rising tide of visa fraud
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SIMON HANKINSON 
Aug 28, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The State Department recently announced it had revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office. Thanks to ...
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Remembering and honoring Dolly Parton
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 27, 2026
Few singers and songwriters have had so much influence on their profession as Dolly Parton. Her life is literally a rags-to-riches story — she was bor...
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There’s only one way to make AI safe for kids
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 27, 2026
DALLAS (TNS) — OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, complete with various safety features. But this implies that the main concern of kids using AI i...
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AOC could be an interesting player in 2028
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Aug 27, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — When Democrats formally launch their 2028 presidential race later this year, it could easily have a larger field than the 29 major ...
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Mr. President, sometimes silence is golden
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Aug 26, 2026
Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 by speaking candidly to the American people and never backing down from his original statements no matter how ...
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Waste of the Day: Deficit could surpass $2 trillion
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 25, 2026
The federal deficit will be $2.1 trillion when fiscal year 2026 ends on Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office projected in its monthly budget revi...
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